Women Politely Ending Conversations With Men In Art mm yes this anecdote is so much more interesting than my needlework, thank you i hope someone beats you to death with your own walking stick please go on that’s very interestingoh, that’s very interesting THAT’S very interesting that’s VERY interesting that’s very INteresting THAT’s VEry INteresting i can’t reach my book without having to talk to him no, please, drink your mouth must be so thirsty from telling all these dour stories it’s it’s bad for your health to tell so many stories out of your mouth without putting something back in your mouth in exchange so you should drink quietly for at least as long as you were talking to me for your health for your mouth health have lunch outside, i said surely they won’t follow us outside, i said we could serve lunch in our own graves and they’d still lift up the tombstones to tell us about the act of the exchequer court “That sounds like a very difficult job. backing away? are you sure you couldn’t sing a little bit louder, Robert? About Author
Bryan Olson For 10 Years She Lived Uninhibited In Africa; Here Are The Photos From Her Unique Childhood. Tippi Degre had a unique childhood growing up with wild animals such as elephants, snakes, cheetahs, and zebras. Imagine being woken up by the feral noises of the Serengeti every morning, being best friends with some of the most majestic creatures on the planet, and knowing no other world than one in which animals and humans peacefully co-exist. It sounds like a fairy tale (or a great story to relay to grandkids), but it is exactly the type of life Tippi Degre, a young girl raised in the bush while her parents worked as wildlife photographers and filmmakers, experienced. Credit: BARCROFT MEDIA It is fair to say that Tippi was gifted one extraordinary childhood. Instead of playing with Barbies and makeup, the young girl spent her time foraging in the brush with Bushmen, kissing toads, and riding on the backs and trunks of elephants. And the wonderful photos below capture only some of the magic from Tippi’s exteriordinary childhood: What are your thoughts?
Frida Kahlo Cartoon Will Remind You That You're Awesome Frida Kahlo is the poster child for unibrows, and illustrator Gavin Aung Than perfectly captured why her refusal to give in to society’s norms about beauty is so important. The freelance cartoonist “takes inspirational quotes from famous people and adapts them into cartoons.” In his Strange Like Me strip, he uses Kahlo’s words as inspiration to tell the story of a young girl coming to terms with her bushy eyebrows (little did she know she’s probably going to grow up to be Cara Delevingne status). Check out the adorbs comic below:
Gisèle Freund’s photographs of Frida Kahlo and Diego Riera in the book, Frida Kahlo: The Gisèle Freund Photographs. Frida Kahlo: The Gisèle Freund Photographs, published byAbrams To the extent that she has been celebrated and discussed, it may seem there is little room for fresh insights into the life and work of Frida Kahlo. But more than 60 years after her death, a recent cultural moment surrounding the surrealist artist, expressed in a string of new exhibitions and books dedicated to her, is proving there is still territory to explore. A new book, Frida Kahlo: The Gisèle Freund Photographs, which Abrams published in March, is perhaps the most intimate of these investigations, featuring more than 100 rare photos of Kahlo and husband Diego Rivera from German-born French photographer Gisèle Freund. Freund was the only female founding member of the elite Magnum collective and spent years photographing for Time and Life. Freund’s photos are a mix of staged and candid moments of the couple at work and at rest, captured mostly at their home, La Casa Azul (the Blue House), in Coyoacán, Mexico City.
A 17th-Century Stanchi Painting Reveals the Rapid Change in Watermelons through Selective Breeding Giovanni Stanchi (Rome c. 1645-1672). Oil on canvas. 38 5/8 x 52½ in. (98 x 133.5 cm.) / Courtesy Christie’s Old master work paintings are frequently cited for their depiction of historical events, documentation of culture, or portraiture of significant people, but there’s one lesser known use of some paintings for those with a keen eye: biology. One such instance is this Renaissance still life of various fruits on a table by Giovanni Stanchi painted sometime in the 1600s that shows a nearly unrecognizable watermelon before it was selectively bred for meatier red flesh. Horticulture professor James Nienhuis at the University of Wisconsin tells Vox that he’s fascinated by old still life paintings that often contain the only documentation of various fruits and vegetables before we transformed them forever into something more desirable for human use. Update: Greg Cato writes: “The painting depicts a rare outcome of sub-par growing conditions, known as ‘starring.’
A Renaissance painting reveals how breeding changed watermelons Christie Images LTD 2015 Look in the bottom right corner of this painting. If you've never seen a watermelon like that before, you're not alone. This 17th-century painting by Giovanni Stanchi, courtesy of Christie's, shows a type of watermelon that no one in the modern world has seen. Stanchi's watermelon, which was painted sometime between 1645 and 1672, offers a glimpse of a time before breeding changed the fruit forever. Christie Images LTD 2015/Shutterstock James Nienhuis, a horticulture professor at the University of Wisconsin, uses the Stanchi painting in his classes to teach about the history of crop breeding. "It's fun to go to art museums and see the still-life pictures, and see what our vegetables looked like 500 years ago," he told me. The watermelon originally came from Africa, but after domestication it thrived in hot climates in the Middle East and southern Europe. That's because over time, we've bred watermelons to have the bright red color we recognize today.
Nimona - Noelle Stevenson The graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle Stevenson, based on her beloved and critically acclaimed web comic, which Slate awarded its Cartoonist Studio Prize, calling it "a deadpan epic." Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism! All these and more await in this brilliantly subversive, sharply irreverent epic from Noelle Stevenson. Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona's powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Explosions will be involved. Science and sharks will be, too. Nemeses! All these and more await in this brilliantly subversive, sharply irreverent epic from Noelle Stevenson, based on her award-winning web comic.
A Museum Let Street Artists Do Whatever They Want On Its Walls. Here’s The ResultOnemorepost Many street artists are often discredited for their chosen line of art. A far cry from studio loft where he hibernate whilst working on their latest works, they are out and about in the very streets of their hometowns, creating art where they see it. Long Beach Museum of Art had a genius idea to allow street artists a blank canvas in their exhibitions, allowing them to create their own works as they see fit. Taking place on June 26th, the project is known as “Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape” which display works of not just street artists who are taking a new approach, but studio artists trying their hand at street art. “Most of the works in this exhibition will be created on our gallery walls using both traditional and non-traditional art media,” explains Ron Nelson, Executive Director of the Long Beach Museum of Art. More info: lbma.org (h/t: twistedsifter, thinkspacegallery) Artwork by Audrey Kawasaki Artwork by James Bullough Artwork by Esao Andrews Artwork by SABER
Make Your Own Lipstick Out Of Crayons! - xoVain There was a period of my life when I would cover my body in gray paint and dress up as characters from a web comic. The problem with this costume in particular is that it necessitated green lipstick, which was nearly impossible for me to find in the correct shade. I wound up using dollar-store eyeshadow instead, which my other gray friends rightfully balked at because of its heavy metal content. Vowing never to do that again, I took to Tumblr one extremely boring afternoon and found a seemingly godsent post: A young woman, after reading about the lead levels found in regular lipsticks, decided to try out an tutorial on making your own lipstick, of any color, with Crayola crayons. Being the cheap soul constantly filled with DIY fervor that I am, I immediately ran to CVS and came back home with a 64 pack of crayons, the cheapest lip balm the drug store had to offer, and a mission: to make as many wildly work-inappropriate lipstick shades as humanly possible. The concept is simple enough.
Sailor Moon in the 16th Century | Morgan Donner's Sewing Party Sailor Moon! Such a glorious show from my childhood! If you are not familiar with this fun and cute anime, you can watch the first season on Hulu, or Youtube, but the quick summary is that you have five school girls who can transform into superheros with various powers. I have seen a number of medieval and renaissance reenactors cosplay as the historical versions of their favorite characters, some of which were an easy fit, like the Queen of Hearts or Belle in her simple blue dress (or many other Disney Princesses), and some of which required a bit more creativity, like Captain America, Harlequin, or other tight-bodysuit superheros. I brought up the idea with friends and drew up a quick sketch to show what I had in mind. Woops, the order is a little mixed up, but you get the idea: similar base kirtles with minor differences in guard/trim placement and accessories. Step one was to make a more detailed plan: I wasn’t wild about the original idea of red trim on a blue dress. Yay fitting!
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